RAILWAY SERVICE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24325, 15 June 1940, Page 3

RAILWAY SERVICE

TRANSFERS AND PROMOTIONS (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON. June 14. A number of appointments and promotions affecting senior officers of the Railways Department were announced in Wellington to-day. The appointments follow the retirement on superannuation recently of officers who have completed 40 years’ service with the department. Mr W. Elsom, formerly chief clerk in the refreshment branch in Wellington has been appointed comptroller of me refreshment branch in succession to Mr F. Lindsay, who retired recently. Mr G. Turkington. district supervisor in Wellington, has been appointed chief clerk and Mr P. W. Gasson succeeds Mr Turkington as district supervisor. Mr F. J. Raines, district traffic manager at Invercargill, retired recently and his successor is Mr F. G. Craig, assistant district traffic manager at Dunedin. Mr C. H. Trask, stationmaster at Auckland, has been appointed assistant district traffic manager at Dunedin. Mr Trask was stationmaster at Napier till his transfer to Auckland within recent months and for a period before his Napier appointment he was assistant stationmaster in Wellington. Mr T. Miller, stationmaster at Frankton Junction, has been appointed to succeed Mr Trask av Auckland and Mr J. S. Scoullar, stationmaster at Timaru, has been appointed stationmaster at Frankton Junction. Mr L. Patterson, chief clerk at Lyttelton, has been appointed stationmaster at Timaru. Mr A. C. Cockroft, assistant traffic manager in Wellington, has been appointed chief clerk in the transportation superintendent’s office in Wellington, and Mr M. L. Bracefield. stationmaster at Taumaranui, has succeeded Mr Cockroft as assistant traffic manager in Wellington. Mr C. D. McKenzie, stationmaster at Oamaru, has been appointed goods agent at Dunedin, and Mr J. Barnett, goods agent at Dunedin, has been transferred to a similar position in Christchurch. Mr F. C. Denz, traffic inspector in Wellington, has been appointed stat'onmaster at Invercargill, and Mr C. A. Gallagher, assistant stationmaster at Dunedin, has been appointed stationmaster at Oamaru.